After ending a 15-game skid last week, can Hersey start a run in the other direction when it visits Buffalo Grove? Even though the Huskies are still young, they believe they can do some more damage right now.
"I think we have a shot this year to make some noise and be competitive," said Hersey coach Mark Gunther, who received a congratulatory e-mail from former head coach Bruce Glover.
That was the expectation coming into this season with a lot of experience and a lot more depth. But the schedule didn't help in the win column as it faced Fremd, Schaumburg and Palatine in its MSL crossovers.
It did help in preparation as the Huskies' 30-28 loss to Schaumburg looks a lot better considering its successful start.

Lou was nice and loose before tonight's game. Rightfully, he said "this isn't life and death," although he'd have a hard time selling that to a lot of Cubs fans.
Anyway, all that silliness about a "curse" came up, and Lou was told a Greek Orthodox priest, apparently at the behest of Cubs chairman Crane Kenney, sprinkled holy water in the Cubs dugout yesterday. Final score in Game 1: Dodgers 7, Cubs 2. Lou reacted in typical fashion.
"There's no curses here," Lou said. "I don't know how many times I have to answer about curses. Who did it? Crane graduated from Notre Dame. He might have had somebody from South Bend."

Lou has stuck with Fukudome, but he's batting him eighth and Theriot second:
Soriano, LF
Theriot, SS
Lee, 1B
Ramirez, 3B
DeRosa, 2B
Edmonds, CF
Soto, C
Fukudome, RF
Zambrano, P
As I've harped on all week, the Dodgers are game-planning the Cubs exactly the way the D'Backs did last year. And the Cubs are biting. Once Soriano figures it out to lay off the low-and-away sliders, the better off the Cubs will be.

The first in what is supposed to be a 50-location luxury cinema franchise opens Friday in South Barrington. The Village Roadshow Gold Class Cinemas offers eight screens with no more than 40 seats per theater. The seats are big and plush, and come with a table for the food and drink you can order from a waiter, whom you can summon with the push of a button. You can read more about the theater's amenities in this story by Daily Herald staff writer (and fantasy football guru) Chad Brooks.

You're probably thinking this sounds familiar to the VIP seating at the Muvico 18 in Rosemont -- my choice as the best movie theater in the suburbs -- or the AMC Premium Cinema at Yorktown Shopping Center.

Three-time Pro Bowl defensive tackle Tommie Harris, who signed a four-year, $40 million contract extension prior to the start of the season has been suspended by the Bears for this week's game for an unspecified breach of team rules.
Harris did not play last week because of lingering effects from the off-season arthroscopic surgery on his left knee, and he has rarely practiced at all since the start of the season. In the three games he did play, Harris was a virtual non-factor, recording just 2 tackles plus an additional tackle for loss. Harris has not practiced at all this week.

What’s the biggest difference between this year’s White Sox and the team that won the World Series in 2005?
You saw it in Game 1 of the ALDS at Tampa Bay Thursday.
In the first round of the 2005 playoffs against Boston, the White Sox went with starters Jose Contreras, Mark Buehrle and Freddy Garcia.
They swept the Red Sox in 3 games, so they didn’t even need Jon Garland, who was 18-10 during the regular season.
And had the series vs. Boston gone longer, Garland was probably going to be skipped. That’s how good _ and fresh _ the White Sox’ starters were.
Against the Rays Thursday, the Sox had no choice but to start Javier Vazquez, and the results were predictable.

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Democratic presidential nominee (and White Sox fan) Barack Obama was a guest via phone on ESPN Radio’s “Mike and Mike in the Morning” show just after 8 a.m. this morning.
Hosts Mike Greenberg and Mike Golic noted they’d had Republican John McCain on recently and had little interest in truly focusing on politics. Here’s an overview of the segment.
First question was what Obama thought of the Oregon State basketball coaching job.
Obama’s brother-in-law is the new basketball coach there.
Q: Thoughts of the Sox playoff opener?
Obama: “I’m a little worried about our pitching rotation right now. It’s not optimal.”
Obama: Why do you have turf in Tampa?
Mike and Mike: “They have a dome.”
Obama: “Your in Tampa, Florida man.”